Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... become a settled policy of the federal government and issued a general or- der concerning the treatment of colored troops in his department . His aims were to prevent as many Negroes as possible from be- coming charges upon either the ...
... become a settled policy of the federal government and issued a general or- der concerning the treatment of colored troops in his department . His aims were to prevent as many Negroes as possible from be- coming charges upon either the ...
Page 264
... become governor of Massachusetts . Each of his " onslaughts upon the governorship " ( to borrow a phrase coined by the " respectable element " ) threw the state into a dither . In all of his campaigns he was opposed by conservatives of ...
... become governor of Massachusetts . Each of his " onslaughts upon the governorship " ( to borrow a phrase coined by the " respectable element " ) threw the state into a dither . In all of his campaigns he was opposed by conservatives of ...
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... become gatherings of factory laborers . " In short , " said the worried editors , Massachusetts had " become the home of a genuine prolitiariat [ sic ] , working for wages for a few rich men , these latter not endowed with any great ...
... become gatherings of factory laborers . " In short , " said the worried editors , Massachusetts had " become the home of a genuine prolitiariat [ sic ] , working for wages for a few rich men , these latter not endowed with any great ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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